Improvement in graining processes



J. R. CROSS.

Improvement in- G'raining Processes.-

Patented Oct. 29,1872.

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' rrED STATES JOHN R. GROSS OF MORBISANIA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAINING PROCESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,638, dated October29, 1872.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN R. GROSS, ofMorrisania, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Graining Process; and that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon making a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to makesavailable the naturalconfigurations of wood for graining purposes; and the invention consistsin taking an impression of natural-wood configurations ontransfer-paper, and by means thereof transferring the grain-lines,8210., to painted surfaces, 850.

In the accompanying sheet of drawing, Figure 1 represents a side view ofdoor grained by my process, which, together with the followingdescription, fully explains my invention.

A piece of wood having the grain-marks clearly defined is charged withcolor, the surplus color wiped oif; then, by means of ordinarytransfer-paper, an impression of the grain configurations is obtained inthe usual way. The surface of a door, A, or other article, havingreceived one or more coats of paint, (generally of some neutral tint fora background,)

and this painted surface then being covered with a thin coat of varnish,which is allowed to becomealmost dry, the transfer-paper with the grainimpression thereon, as before stated,

is smoothly applied to the varnished surface; the paper then being madewet and peeled off, leaves adhering to the door nothing but an exactimpression of the natural-wood grains before mentioned. When the door isthoroughly dry, it may be varnished, and thiscompletes the process.

Instead of taking the impression from the natural grain of the Wood, thesurface thereof may be engraved to represent said graining, and theimpression of said engraving taken and transferred, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- I The process of transferring the grainconfigurations of wood to painted or other surfaces, in the manner andfor the purposes hereinbefore described.

JOHN B. GROSS. Witnesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, Gr.- M. PLYMP'roN.

